In large environments the Processes view may cause high resource consumption during the operation of the console, mainly due to the high total number of processes the console monitors (summary of all processes running on all monitored resources).In such cases it is advised to disable the flat views and still monitor the processes by drilling down Computer-> Session-> Processes or Computer-> Processes, as shown in the below screenshots.

In order to disable the "Processes Flat Views" go to Settings -> Advanced Settings, as displayed in the following screenshot.

Once you disable the “Processes Flat View” those views will be grayed out as displayed in the following screenshot.

2.Increase the data collection cycle and regulate the information updates:

By default all ControlUp Agents push information updates to the console every 3 seconds. The update interval can be configured by the ControlUp Admin, so the ControlUp Console will pull the information from the agents in set intervals. In addition you can set the number of computers the console connects to concurrently.To increase the data collection cycle and change the updates intervals go to Settings -> Advanced Settings as shown in the screenshot below.We recommend increasing the Console \ Monitor interval to 30 or 60 seconds.

Important Note: In v7 and above we recommend on 500 concurrent computers and 30 seconds every cycle.

The ControlUp Monitor’s update intervals can also be configured by the ControlUp admin via the Monitor Settings.

Important Note: In v7 and above we recommend on 500 concurrent computers and 30 seconds every cycle.

Note: The first 2 optimizations can be configured via GPO for all console users, click here for more details about UI management via GPO.

3.Setting up a dedicated Data Collector:

Important Note: This configuration is crucial to prevent severe performance implications.

Please install agent 4.5 MSI, and assign it as data collector. Here are the details -

By default every console and monitor connects to the hypervisor or to the XenDekstop broker.

In large environments where multiple consoles and monitors are running, the best practice is to create a relay or a data collector so you have a single point of hypervisor\XD data collection.

To define a data collector, right click on the hypervisor\XD and choose Connection Settings.

Then go to Connection Options -

Please remove the Console / Monitor and choose one of the agents to be the data collector -

Now LVSITARGET03 will collect the data and all Consoles and Monitors will connect to that agent to retrieve hypervisor performance data (remember to remove the console\monitor as the data collector) -

Here is a screenshot of the XenDesktop connection properties and where to change the data collector -

4.Optimize Auto Connection Settings:

You can have the console automatically connect to disconnected computers. Once a computer gets disconnected for any reason, the console will try to contact that end point.To enable this feature: As seen in the below screenshot, under the organization tree, check the "Show Auto-Connect State" and check the computers you would like ControlUp to automatically connect to.This feature will also enable the console’s automatic connection immediately upon launching the console.

The reconnect interval time can be configured by the ControlUp Admin.

To define the interval go to Settings -> Agent Settings as displayed in the following screenshot.

In large environments, if all computers are set to auto connect this may extend the console launch process, so please mark only important servers or folders to automatically connect.

5. Excluding folders from the Monitor:

By default all folders, hypervisors and computers are monitored. You can reduce the monitored resources in order to optimize the Monitor performance.To exclude any resource right click it and choose properties and then "Exclude from Controlup Monitor" = Yes.

6. Disable Console Incidents Processing:

Once you add a Monitor, it is responsible for all your incident collection and trigger alert notifications. The Console also processes and collects all incidents in parallel to the Monitor when running.

In order to disable the incidents collection and free up console resource consumption, open regedit.exe on the machine running the Console and go to - HKCU\Software\Smart-X\ControlUp\Console and create a DWORD with Value name DisableIncidents, with value data = 1

That will disable the incidents collection and optimize the performance.

7. Change the search options to Name Only:

By default the search will be done in the search field, on all fields.Please change the default search option to Name only, which will decrease the resources the console uses because the search is filtered just to the Name column.

These settings can be managed and enforced for all console users via GPO, click here for more details.

8. Uncheck the "Deploy agents automatically":

By default the "Deploy agents automatically" is checked in the Agent Settings.

By unchecking that option, you take control of agent deployment. Otherwise, when the Console attempts to connect to a monitored computer or endpoint and fails, it will attempt agent deployment. In large environments that may cause degradation in Console performance Try to deploy the agent in the background to all agents which are not connected.

The Monitor is also affected by this Checkbox, when checked, the monitor will try to connect to all machines in the folder tree (besides those who were excluded), that will cause high resource consumption.Note: If added multiple machines to the folder tree that doesn't have agents installed, the Monitor might crash if the "Deploy agents automatically" is checked.

Only enable that option if you fully deployed the agents via MSI or Installed Agent Mode.We recommend disabling Automatic Agent Deployment for VDI customers with more than 1000 computers.